"Lord, twenty miles ahead is Yicheng!" The army marched hurriedly, and the scouts in front of them were scouting the horses around, and after a while, a scout army marquis rode back and reported to the pasture.

"Arrived in Yicheng?"

Mu Jing reined in the horse, hunted with bright eyes, and said, "How is the situation in Yicheng?" ”

"Report to the lord, the gates of Yicheng have been closed on all sides, and the city is full of soldiers, but we can't find out the specific strength of the city for the time being, but if we get the news before, Yicheng only has Jiangxia troops, then their strength is not more than 10,000, it is not ruled out that they will increase their troops, we will try to inquire clearly!"

The Scout Marquis replied.

"No need!"

Mu Jing waved his hand: "All scouts, you don't have to risk asking about the troops in the city, just keep an eye on the city gate of the four directions!" ”

"No!"

The scout marquis took the order and left.

"Hansheng, Uncle Zhi!"

"In!"

"Pass the order, let's go around the suburbs and ignore Yicheng!"

Mu Jing raised his head, looked ahead, and said indifferently.

Yicheng is not an important city, and there are nearly 10,000 troops in Jiangxia to defend it, if he really fights it, it will inevitably be a hard battle, and it will even cause heavy casualties to the herdsmen, such a stupid thing, of course he will not do it.

"No!"

The two were commanded.

"Lord, why don't I lead the troops to try Huang Zu!" Chen Zhi thought about it, and suddenly surrendered his hand and said: "Now that Huang Zu has been frightened in the battle of Xiangyang, maybe as long as our soldiers are in the city, he will flee without a fight!" ”

"First, you underestimate Huang Zu, Huang Zu is not as useless as we imagined, the battle of Xiangyang seems to be defeated again and again, but it is undeniable that in the water war, we have never been able to compete with him head-on!"

"Second, it's not necessary at all!"

Mu Jing shook his head: "As long as our army takes a detour, this Yicheng will be shrouded by us, the soldiers of Xiangyang in the front, and we will be in trouble, and he Huang Zu will not dare to stay in Yicheng, the position of the front and rear pinch, if he dares to nail it here, I count him as daring!" ”

"My lord is right!"

Chen Zhi quickly understood the meaning of Mu Jing.

The location of Yicheng, in the south of Xiangyang and in the north of Jingzhou City, the position in the system, if it is peacetime, will play a role in suppressing the forces of Xiangyang, but if the pastoral army bypasses it, the front and rear are pastoral troops, and Yicheng will become a turtle in an urn.

If you have some guts, you might dare to continue the town here.

When the herdsmen were defeated in Jingzhou City, they played a chokehold force and could wipe out the herdsmen.

But Huang Zu has repeatedly lost to Mu Jing, so he may not dare to do so.

……

The herdsman's army of more than 10,000 marched rapidly, and did not enter the city of Yicheng, and from the official road in the western suburbs of Yicheng, the wind and fire passed through the wind and fire, and went straight to the south.

"What do they mean?"

Standing on the head of the city in Xicheng, Huang Zu could see the long dragon team faintly appearing on the official road in the western suburbs, and his face was a touch of iron blue: "The Mulong Diagram is too crazy and unscrupulous, is he really a certain Jiangxia Erlang who doesn't dare to attack?" ”

They didn't attack Yicheng, Huang Zu was relieved before, but when they crossed the border in front of him in a grand manner, they didn't pay attention to Yicheng, which made Huang Zu a little crazy.

What arrogance.

Isn't he afraid that he will suddenly attack, attack them unprepared, and directly tear apart their formation?

"Lord, I'm afraid they really have this confidence!"

Su Fei smiled bitterly: "And we really can't attack!" ”

"Bastard!"

Huang Zu was a little angry, but he was helpless, what Su Fei said was to save face for him, the fact is that the Jiangxia army was not unable to attack, but he did not dare to attack, and he was a little scared to be killed by the Mu army.

Now he is still licking his wounds, and the soldiers under his command have not recovered from their injuries, and their morale is so low that they can't afford to fight at all.

"Lord, and we can't continue to garrison this Yicheng!" Su Fei arched his hand and said softly.

"Why?"

Huang Zu's face was gloomy.

Jiang Xia is gone, if there is no Yicheng, he will not even have a place to stand.

"We are in Yicheng, Xiangyang is already under pressure, the herdsman army went south to say that it was to reinforce the Jingzhou campaign, but what is his purpose, we have never been able to figure it out, Ming Hou has always used tricks, no one can figure out his plan, he crossed the border, it seems that we are not guilty of Qiu, but who knows if he will kill a horse pistol!"

Su Fei said analytically: "What if his target is our Yicheng, kill a horse gun from behind, and Xiangyang will kill another force, flanking back and forth, can we Yicheng stop it?" ”

"But I'm not reconciled!" Huang Zu gritted his teeth.

"Lord, endure the anger for a while, protect the plan for a hundred years, Jiangxia Erlang is not much left, once we are all gone, we don't even have a single soldier in our hands, I'm afraid it will ......" Su Fei said softly: "This Jingzhou, there is no place for us to stand!" ”

In the troubled times, the only thing that can gain a foothold is by virtue of the military power in hand.

Liu Biao said that if you take Jiangxia, you will take Jiangxia, isn't it because the Jiangxia army suffered heavy casualties and suffered great losses, and it was not enough to fight against him at all?

Once the Jiangxia army is exhausted.

Then Huang Zu is useless for Liu Biao, he hides it directly, and smoothly collects the Jiangxia forces, and he Liu Biao can still regroup, but Huang Zu can only admit it aggrievedly.

"You're right!"

Huang Zu suddenly came to his senses: "This Yicheng really can't stay!" ”

He thought for a while: "Pass on my military order, prepare to withdraw to Lulin Mountain, and ...... Send this news back, we can't let Liu Jingsheng grab our handle, just say that he is defeated and retreat to Green Forest Mountain, and he has nothing to say! ”

"No!"

Su Fei nodded.

…………………………………………………………

Jiangxia, Xiling City.

This is Jiangxia County, and its population and prosperity are not below Jingzhou City, second only to Xiangyang City.

Liu Biao came down all the way from the green forest mountain to the southeast, rushing day and night, moving very fast, three days ago, he finally arrived, and after entering Xiling, he felt that the hanging heart had a trace of safety.

After all, I was beaten so that I didn't have a nest, and my heart has always been up and down.

Losing Xiangyang is like the whole person being lifted, stepping on the empty foot, and his heart has been unsteady.

Now that he was in Xiling City, he felt that he was stepping back on the ground again.

In the following days, he didn't make any moves, Jiangxia was the territory of the Huang clan after all, he was new to the city, if the means were too drastic, it would cause disgust, after all, Huang Zu still had casualties and soldiers, and he had to deal with the relationship well.

However, before he had time to deal with Jiangxia's affairs, a piece of news came from Xiangyang.

"Mu Jing personally went south?"

Liu Biao was frightened by the news, he paused for a moment, and then asked Kuai Liang next to him: "Zirou, do you think this news is true?" ”

"It should be true!"

Kuai Liang said: "We have a lot of eyeliner in Xiangyang, and this time, Mu Longtu doesn't seem to cover up any whereabouts, so the accuracy of the news is beyond doubt!" ”

"Why?"

Liu Biao snorted and called out: "He's full and supportive!" ”

I don't understand.

Liu Biao couldn't figure out what Mu Jing was going south for, in terms of his own interests, he did this, obviously taking the lives of his own soldiers, but he was just contributing to Yizhou.

"I don't want to be confused!"

Kuai Liang racked his brains, pondered and meditated, and finally only left a bitter smile: "This Ming Marquis, acting too peculiarly, it is difficult to guess his thoughts, at this time, if he goes north to Nanyang, I am not surprised, but he went south to mix in the battle of Jingzhou City!" ”

"Then is our Jingzhou City in danger?"

Liu's face changed color slightly, and he suddenly sounded: "By the way, isn't there Yicheng, let Huang Zu block him in Yicheng!" ”

"This news was passed by Huang Taishou first, the pastoral army has already passed Yicheng, and Huang Zu's news also said that the army was defeated by his hands, and he could not fight, so he has withdrawn from Yicheng and retreated to Lulin Mountain!"

Kuai Liang said: "And the news that our spies found out is that the pastoral army has indeed passed Yicheng, but there has been no battle in Yicheng, the pastoral army has taken a detour, and the Jiangxia army has retreated without a fight!" ”

"What?" Liu Biao gritted his teeth: "This bastard! ”

"It's normal for Mrs. Huang to have scruples!"

Kuai Liang said a fair word: "After all, we can't figure out Mu Longtu's thoughts, and we can't see his purpose clearly, in case he just wants to annihilate the Jiangxia army and pretend to be a strategy to defeat the enemy, then the Jiangxia army will not react in time, and will be besieged, and he won't be able to escape!" ”

"But he, Huang Zu, retreated without a fight, and it was too embarrassing for our Jingzhou army!" Liu Biao is still angry.

"The most important thing now is to find out the purpose of the Mulong Diagram!" Kuailiang Road.

"What if he really reinforces the Yizhou Army?"

Liu Biao asked.

"Even so, we have nothing to do!" Kuai Liang smiled bitterly: "I only hope that Governor Cai and General Zhang Yun can deal with it, but the lord can give them a secret order, and if necessary, retreat to Chibi!" ”

"Retreat to Chibi?"

Liu Biao is unwilling, defeated again and again, what kind of face does he have to see Jingzhou's fathers and fellow villagers again, who can still recognize him as a Jingzhou pastor.

"Lord, Jingzhou has suffered heavy casualties, and it can no longer withstand casualties, and the matter has come to this point, we can't care about the defeat of one city and one place!" Kuai Liang proposed: "Our only advantage is Jingzhou, Jingzhou is our Jingzhou, one city and one place, we lose, they have no popular support, they will not be supported by the people, as long as the front is extended, they will expose the problem, then we can concentrate our forces to counterattack, but before the counterattack, we must preserve our strength!" ”

"Does it have to be so?"

Liu Biao gritted his teeth.

"That's the only way!" Kuai Liang said firmly, from the defeat of Xiangyang, he could think of this only way, drag them all into Jingzhou to fight, in order to blossom in all directions, and have a chance to turn defeat into victory.